Awesome Food Network and TV Chefs

Be sure to enjoy the culinary videos here! Famous TV chefs have achieved a large following as people who love to cook seek to save money and create gourmet meals at home. For this reason, Amazon Recipe Books are amazing in their diversification. If you are interested in impressing your friends with your culinary skills, then Amazon has collected many of the very best recipes from every TV chef on the planet. If you want a handy site to bookmark to give you creative cooking ideas you have come to the right place.

I will be adding differing cuisine as I run across cookbooks on Amazon. If you are looking for the practical concoctions of Rachel Ray or Giata you have come to the right place. Down home cooking of Paula Dean and the creativity of Emeril are also on display. If you like unusual fare, try Anthony Bourdain, who has become the toast of the travel channel. Ducasse and Matsuhisa bring high flavor in very different ways to your home.

A mention of Wolfgang Puck is in order. Rarely has one personbrought one, let alone two methods of cooking, into the public eye that have wide appeal. But Puck has given us California Cuisine and Fusion. More links are below for the true origins of these cooking styles. I hope you enjoy the recipes.

• Table of Contents

• California Cuisine-Wolfgang Puck

• Rachel Ray-Giada

• Paul Deen-Emeril

• George Lopez Fast Food Humor

• Anthony Bourdain-Bobby Flay

• Tom Colicchio-Mario Batali

• Alain Ducasse-Nobuyuki Matsuhisa

• Gordon Ramsay

The famous TV chefs are all to be admired for two reasons. They work hard and are highly skilled. They are not famous by accident.

Here are some interesting facts about TV chefs:

Giada studied at Le Cordon Bleu in Paris and as a chef with Wolfgang Puck, working at Spago.

Rachel Ray grew up in Cape Cod, and her family owned four restaurants.

Paula Deen overcame fear of leaving the house to become famous for her love of butter.

Emeril could have been a professional drummer.

Bourdain graduated from the CIA (Culinary institute of America) and became famous for his prolific writing about food experience and travel.

Bobby Flay has owned 10 restaurants and used to work at the American Stock Exchange.

Tom Colicchio saved a man's life who was choking on a piece of chicken and produces Top Chef.

Mario Batali won best chef in New York award in 2002 from the James Beard Foundation.

Alain Ducasse is the only chef to hold 19 Michelin stars throughout his career (Masterchef 2010).

Nobu Matsuhisa is noted for a type of fusion that blends Japanese and South American foods.

Gordon Ramsay was a soccer player in school and owns 12 Michelin stars.

Wolfgang Puck is considered a major pioneer of fusion, essentially the fusion of Chinese and French cooking. However, Richard Wing if the Imperial Restaurant in little Hanford, California is considered the true father of fusion, developed in the 1960's. Chinois is the name of Puck's fusion restaurant in Santa Monica, California.

California Cuisine is based upon the idea of fusion. The person who first produced California Cuisine was Alice Waters of Berkeley, California. Wolfgang Puck made California Cuisine famous with Spago.